Wire-fence machine



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WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 2,1886.

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WIRE PENOE MACHINE.

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WITNESSES.

: UN T D STATE PATENT OFFICE.

FRANGISM. LOVE AND SAMUEL (i. LOVE, SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,061, dated November 2, 1886. Application filed September 28, 1886. Serial No. 214,801. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS M. LOVE and SAMUEL 0. LOVE, residents of Shelbyville, Shelby county, Indian'a, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fence Machines, a description of which is set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings,in the several figures of which like letters refer to like parts. i

Our invention relates to the construction of wire-fence machine s, and is an improvement on the device shown in Letters Patent issued to Francis M. Love, August 3, 1886, No.346, 595, and will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the machine as set up for use in thefield, the dotted lines indicating the position of the several parts when the machine stands on uneven ground. Fig. 2isaside view of the main frame of the machine, the lower front portion broken away, showing the twistthe auxiliary frame.

ers and their operating mechanism. "Fig. 3 is a side view of the auxiliary frame with the eyes attached thereto. Fig.- 4c is a top view of the machine when set up in the field for operation, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one form of the eye-showing the eye in place in the divided ring, and the latter attached to Fig. 6 is a section on the line as m, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a front View look- .ing into the upper half of the divided ring,

showing the opening through which the arm of the lower half ofthe ring is entered and the projection in the end, whiehforms a part of the. joint when the'two parts of the ring are brought together. Fig. 8 is a side view ofthe lower half of the ring. Fig. 9 is a side view of the upper half of the ring and its base. Fig. 10 is a side view of a modified form of the eye. Fig. 11 is a side view of another modification of the eye. Figs. 5 to 11, inclusive, are upon a larger scale than the other figures of the drawings.

In detail, f is the frame-work of the machine proper, and at; suitable distances along this frame-work are attached the boxing-plates b1),

' which inclose the twisters t, the central portion of which is formed into a pinion adapted to engage with therack-barrb on one side and the rackghar'rb, connected to the frame. The

latter is arranged to reciprocate in the side of the frame. The auxiliaryrack-bar rb moves up and down, and is provided with a secondary rack-bar, r12 upon the side, standing at right angles to the rack-bar Tb, with which the teeth ofthe pinion 19, mounted upon the axle of the crank c, engage. As the crank cis revolved, the pinion pis carried round, and by means of its engagement with the side rack-bar, rb, the main rack-barrb' is raised or lowered,according as the crank is turned in one direction or the other. The wires to pass through small holes in the twisters in the manner shown in the Letters Patent issued to F; M. Love, August 3,

1886, No. 346,595, he'reinbefore mentioned. All this part of the mechanism is substantially the same as that shown in the said Letters Pat ent, the only difference being that the rack-bar rb is provided with this additional rack-bar rb the teeth of the pinion p engaging with the teeth of this secondary rack-bar rb instead of the teeth of the mainrack-bar rbitself. There is no other substantial difference between the two devices.

The improvement consists in providing an auxiliary frame, f, which carries eyes e,

throughwhich the wires pass from the starting point or post 1) before they reach and pass through the twisters t of the machine itself. This auxiliary frame f is connected to the machine f by means of the upper and lower braces, b, which are pivoted at 1 and 2 to the sides of the frame f, and by a diagonal brace, db, which is connected to the main frame near where the lower brace, b, is connected, and is made of sufficient length to allow the auxiliary frame to be raised without detaching this diagonal brace from such auxiliary frame, so that the machine may be worked upon uneven ground and the wires given the proper direction with out interfering with the operation of the machine. When the auxiliary frame is lifted, it may be tightened by means of the nut 11., thus locking the parts in any desired position. For instance, by reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that if the machine is being worked upon slightly uneven ground, the {auxiliary frame may be lifted until it takes the position shown in the dotted lines, and the eyesifejmayibe turned in the proper direction: by simplyiloosening the nuts which fasten them upon the frame f The main fence-wires will then take the position shown in the dotted lines in Fig. l, and the machine may be operated without any hinderance.

In Figs. 5 to 9, inclusive, is shown in detail the form of the eye which is preferable to any other, although it is a little more complicated and expensive than the forms shown in Figs. 10 and 11. It is composed of acentral wheel or disk, (I, having opposite openings, through which the wires are passed, and this disk is channeled or grooved around its edge to admit a ring, which is composed of two parts-an under part, 1', rigidly connected to the arm that passes through the post or framef, and is secured thereto by a nut working on the outer threaded end of such arm, and an upper part, r, connected with a base-plate, m, which has an opening through it, enlarged on the inner side, as shown in Fig. 7, to admit the free entrance of the arm a. The ends of the two sections of this ring are tongued and grooved, so as to fit closely together, and when the two parts are put together the arm a extends through the opening in the upper part of the ring, and also through the frame f, and the nut being screwed down upon its end all the parts are held firmly together. By loosening this nut the ring and its inclosed disk may be turned so as to preserve the proper angle to the twisters upon the machine, and then by screwing down the nut it may be locked in that position.

Fig. 10 is a modified form of the eye shown, consisting of a disk having two circular slots, 8 and 8', formed therein opposite to each other, through which the wires are passed. As the wires will only twist in operation abouta quarter of the way round at this, point, the slots shown in Fig. 10 are fully long enough to allow any movement of the wires that may be necessary.

In Fig. 11. is shown a still simpler form of the eye 0. In place of the disk is substituted atlat piece with open slots at each end, through which the wires are passed, and little pins passing down into the eye at each end keep the wires in place. These modifications (shown in Figs. 10 and 11) are secured to the post by means of the arm a and a nut, the same as in the other forms of the eye hereinbefore described.

as the tendency of all these machines is to twist round when in operation, and this auxiliary framef, connected to the machine by the braces b, the diagonal brace db, and by the fence-wires themselves,which pass through the eyes e, as well as through the twisters of the machine, sustains the latter and keeps the parts in their proper position while the work is being done, and the machine cannot twist about, as it will where this auxiliary frame is not used. The auxiliary frame, also, being pivoted to the main frame by the parallel braces b, is adjustable along the diagonal brace db, which also allows the ready adaptation of the machine to the inequalities of the field in which it is worked.

XV hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. The auxiliary frame f, carrying adjustable eyes e, connected to the fence-machine by pivoting-braces and adjustable at different angles to such machine, substantially as described.

2. The fence-machine f, carrying twisters t, operated by crank 0, whose pinion engages with the secondary rack -bar rb", connected with the movable rack-bar rb, the teeth of the latter engaging the teeth of the twisters, the auxiliary frame f, carrying adjustable eyes e, through which the fence-wires are passed, such frame connected to the machine by pivotal or adjustable braces, all combined substantially as described.

3. The eye-disk e, mounted in the ring, formed of separable parts 1' r and detachably connected to the frame f, substantially as described.

4. In a wire-fence machine, an auxiliary frame carrying removable and adjustable guides, through which the fence-wires are passed, such frame adjustably pivoted to the fence-machine, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 23d day ofSeptember, 1886.

FRANCIS M. LOVE. SAMUEL 0. LOVE. Witnesses ALFRED MAJOR, HARRY O. MoRRIsoN. 

